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[edit] Economic history of Hong Kong from Victorian era to the Second World War

• Treaty of Nanking
• Convention of Peking
• Cession of the New Territories
• Shipping, Banking Industries
• Sino-Japanese War

[edit] Hong Kong after the War

• Chinese Civil War
• Communist victory, Hong Kong's isolation
• Korean War
• Benefits to the mainland of Hong Kong's status
• Diversification of Industry

[edit] Open Door Policy of the PRC

• Death of Mao, Defeat of the "Gang of Four"
• Growth of trade between Hong Kong and the PRC
• Peak in value of manufactures, 1992
• Manufacturing moves to mainland China (Shenzhen)
• Service sector picks up slack